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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SPECIAL MARINE WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KEY WEST FL
129 AM EDT THU AUG 27 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN KEY WEST HAS ISSUED A
* SPECIAL MARINE WARNING FOR...
GULF OF AMERICA INCLUDING DRY TORTUGAS AND REBECCA SHOAL CHANNEL...
* UNTIL 200 AM EDT.
* AT 129 AM EDT, A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DRY TORTUGAS,
MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 5 KNOTS.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS 34 KNOTS OR GREATER.
SOURCE...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGIST.
IMPACT...EXPECT WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, SUDDENLY HIGHER
WAVES, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
FORT JEFFERSON, DRY TORTUGAS, PULASKI SHOAL LIGHT, DRY TORTUGAS
LIGHT, AND TORTUGAS ECOLOGICAL RESERVE NORTH.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PREPARE FOR WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 34 KNOTS, STEEP AND FAST-BUILDING
SEAS, FREQUENT LIGHTNING, AND BLINDING DOWNPOURS. STAY LOW OR GO
BELOW, AND MAKE SURE ALL ON BOARD ARE WEARING LIFE JACKETS.
LAT...LON 2480 8280 2464 8271 2450 8292 2461 8297
2461 8298 2475 8304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0529Z 065DEG 6KT 2469 8283
HAIL...0.00IN
WIND...>34KTS
MJV
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